Archery & Its Suppliers in Cape Town

There is a famous spot for people who like to indulge in archery and get benefit from the thrill of chasing wild animals and go about shooting an arrow or two. But, this requires specialized tools like arrows, bows, crossbows and many other archery requirements and accessories. These accessories help the expedition is a substantial way. One of the major attractions in Cape Town archery is the ability to go about chasing animals in the wild.  It also gives immense pleasure for thrill seeking adults and youths.

Archery As Game

Of often period in the history, archery has been regarded as a prestigious game to go about in the forests and bring food supplies for the family and the community. In Western Cape archery shops and suppliers, the vision is the same to promote the historical game and culture and allow people to experience it at first hand from the locals. It offers a local guide and fulfills the additional requirements for adjoining such expeditions in the place and around. The prices and tools are varied because it is not always the same in the case of other factors that deal with the availability of the materials and so on. There are other benefits like some dealers are expertise in the business and allow gift vouchers for reduced costs, that otherwise can get very expensive too. The equipment is modern and not traditional and lasts much longer than toys. There are many magazines published by many of such service providers to help you understand the process, the possible opportunities and so on. There are few good suppliers in Cape Town.

Reasons to get your archery equipment from a reputed bows shop

If you planning to start training yourself and get involved in the archery field? You would need to get hold of some good archery equipment and some much needed advice. Standard equipment like a bow, arrows, quivers, bow strings, and other accessories are not the problem, fitting and using them properly could be a challenge. Like fitting the arrow rest on a bow, this is the most important piece of equipment on your bow and if not set-up correctly can make or break your competitive edge. The inevitable question here is what should I use and how do I install my arrow rest properly. 

Archery equipment is not readily available in supermarkets or any other general store. Think of archery this way, it’s like being a musician, you need professional advice to get the proper equipment needed to play the instrument you interested in and the instrument need to be tuned properly to play the notes in key.

We at bow shop Cape Town would love to help you get you the instruments needed to play the ultimate symphony.

Your accuracy hinges on your arrow rest, the proper set-up and installation of an arrow rest makes for playing perfectly, although practice might still be needed. Setting up your arrow rest requires the arrow rest to fit the style of shooting, your budget and your bow. Your arrow rest need to be set-up so the arrow leaves your bow in the best possible manner, this means the arrow rest is set-up as close as can get to the center of the bows arrow shelf. The arrow is lined up with the burger hole as a starting position. Then the bow is paper tuned and calibrated so the final adjustments can be made to the arrow rest. If this is done correctly the arrow leaves the bow perfectly at any distance you should be able to hit your mark.

Preparing Your Arrows for Fletching.

Hide-out Archery Shop Cape Town can assist you to choose the correct arrows.

Before you start fletching your arrows please make sure you have the correct spine (strength) arrow for the bow you are using, because higher poundage bows can break soft arrows that are not suited for them and cause serious injury…

Firstly you need to prepare the arrows so the feathers or vanes will properly stick to the arrow shaft without falling off on the first couple of shots.

Please note this is my personal preference of doing this and it has given me great and longer lasting results with my clients.

Carbon arrows need to be prepared and cleaned carefully in order for thefletching to adhere properly to the shafts. 

I use very fine sand paper to scuff up the back area of the shaft where the vanes or feathers are going to be glued on. Fletching sticks better when glued to a ruffed up surface. After scuffing up the shaft to prepare the area, I clean the area with surgical spirits to remove any carbon dust and oil that can cause the glue not to bond correctly.

Then with a heat lamp overhead I glue the fletching in place on the arrow shafts using a fletching jig.A fletching jig makes it very easy to be precise.

All fletching jigs take a bit of getting used to,but you do get ones that have a range of settings for different arrows or configurations on the vanes or feathers.

Please note: This is the key to vanes and feathers adhering correctly and staying in place for longer on your arrow shafts!

Work under an infrared lamp so all the components (the glue, shafts and fletching) will be at optimal temperature.The solvent in the glue work best when at atemperature of 22°C+. (If you have no lamp, work next to a heater or in the sun on a nice warm day)

I also use a soft disposable cloth to wipe away excess glue around the foot of the vanes or feathers to give a more professionally finished look.

For any further assistance please don’t hesitate to contact us at Hide-out Archery Shop Cape Town.

Purchase Your Archery Accessories Carefully

Generally people buy used or cheap bows to start off with, but this can be as expensive as buying the top of the line brand new. Ever heard the saying “penny wise pound foolish” or “goedkoopkoop is duurkoop!”…?

Most sellers don’t inform the buyer of all they need to know, they just want to get rid of the said items.

You need to purchase products specific to your needs. For example, equipment for indoor archery will not be similar to equipment for outdoor archery. Depending on the type of archery that you want to practice, you need to purchase archery accessories or equipment that fits the style and purpose of your endeavors.

For help in this regard please feel free to contact Archery Western Cape.

Archers generally need to take a look at a couple of things when buying new or used bows and equipment.

The most important is to check if the item you want to buy is going to fit your bow or the purpose you want to use it for.

Ask yourself:

What do I want to use this item for?

Can I use this item- will it fit my build- Draw Weight or Draw Length?

Will this item fit my bow and style of shooting?

Will it last for the duration I want to use it?

  

Might there be a slightly better item than this to use?

Archers need to practice with their own personalized equipment, because you get to know every inch of your equipment and this makes you a more efficient archer in the end.

It takes time to get used to new equipment.

So, choose wisely and if you’re in the middle of a competitive season, don’t just buy something and expect to win competitions with it.

For Example: If a professional buys a new release, he/she practices with that release for more than 4 months before going to a competition with it.

For more advice please contact archery Cape Town, we offer standardized products for archery and much needed advice.

Hide-out Archery Shop Cape Town can assist you to correctly tune your bow.

There are mainly a few things that separate the competitive archer from most bow-hunters today.

Number one is the willingness to work on their own equipment and set it up from start to finish. They also tend to seek out anything new that has the potential to increase their accuracy.

Every competitive archer knows that trying out new equipment and tweaking their current equipment can result in more wins.

For willing bow-hunters those tweaks might result in more successful hunting trips.

Below are a few things that might help increase your accuracy.

Most archers use peep sights.

Peep sights improve almost every archer's accuracy, peeps with a small-diameter hole is more accurate than larger diameter peep.

Hunters use the larger peeps when hunting because they let more light through and you have a better field of view.

Another must-have accessory is a stabilizer or dampener. This helps to quiet the bow and to help get a virtually shock-free shot from the bow.

Destroying bow shock is not the only thing stabilizers do.

Longer stabilizers help balance the bow and keep the bow steady in the hand, which results in tighter groups. If stabilizers help pro archers to get better results, would it not help you?

Invest money in a proper high end release if possible.

The proper release of an arrow makes just as much difference as shooting form.

A thumb or back tension release might be the way to go.

Check out a couple of options at your local Hide-out shop.

Building your own arrows or getting help from Hide-out Archery Shop Cape Town regarding arrows that give you tighter groupings might be worth the money.

If your arrows differ in weight even 5%, this will give you a difference in groups of 15-30% depending on the distance you shoot.

I always check my arrows and get them weighing as close to each other as I can and that has given me very tight groupings indeed up to 50m plus.

Even with cheap arrows this improves your groupings dramatically as the spine of an arrow doesn’t make as much of a difference as the weight of an arrow.

For any further assistance please don’t hesitate to contact us at Hide-out archery shop Cape Town.

Understanding Archery Basics

The basic steps of archery execution according to Hide-out Archery Shop Cape Town are stance, arrow nock-in, set-up, draw, anchor, aim, release and follow through. The way you stand when shooting your bow is as important as shooting the bow itself, you need be comfortable, standing feet apart, upright and with your body in line with the target, not facing the target. Then nock-in your arrow on the string below the nocking point and place the arrow on the arrow rest. Setting-up the bow to draw is basically making sure your fingers on the string are one on top and two below the arrow in its nocking position, your bow hand is holding the riser of the bow correctly, getting ready to draw the bow.

Before drawing the bow make sure the draw weight is comfortable for you and it’s not a huge struggle to pull. You must be able to do it comfortably and get 30-40 shots of without killing yourself. Now draw the bow with your front arm extended, leaning over slightly and using your draw hand pull back as you lift up your elbow and rotating your shoulder back and down, the movement is across your chest and as you come to 70% full draw start lifting your elbow. Anchor your fingers against your face with your nose touching the string; put your thumb knuckle under your chin. Make sure your shoulder is rotated back and down. On your bow arm the elbow should be parallel to the riser of the bow. Here at Hide-out Archery Shop Cape Town we believe the anchor point should be consistent in order to be accurate.

Aiming the bow completely depends on the style of shooting, if you learning to shoot instinctively, you not going to use any part of the bow as a reference point to aim, obviously the first couple of shots will be a shot in the dark but start off close, focus on the spot you want the arrow to hit and release slowly while expanding the chest and pulling the back muscles closer to the spine and just let the string slide of your fingertips. Follow through keeping your body position until the arrow hits the mark; let your draw hand stop just behind your ear and keep squeezing your back muscles. For any archery tips or equipment please visit Hide-out archery shop Cape Town.

Hide-out Archery Training Cape Town

Hide-out Archery Shop Cape Town can assist you in determining your draw length for a compound bow when shooting with a release aid.

Most compound bows are designed to work with a specific draw length in mind, thus they will only drawback to a specific distance or length before it stops.

This means the bow can only be shot from the specific full-draw position, for instance a bow set for a 29” draw length, can only be shot comfortably from the full 29” draw position.

It’s very unlikely that a compound bow will be over-drawn, say to 30” or 31” without changing the setup on the bow first.

A compound bow needs to be set-up so the draw length matches your particular size.

To measure your draw length, stand with your arms out and palms facing forward. Don’t stretch when measuring just stand normally.

Have someone help you to measure from the tip of one middle finger to the tip of the other middle finger.

Then simply divide that number by 2.5 and you have your draw length.

This is only a good starting point as you need to keep in mind that the draw length might need to be fine-tuned to get the desired results depending on the release aid used to shoot the bow with.

For any further assistance please don’t hesitate to contact us at Hide-out Archery Shop Cape Town.